Semicolon

believe my most impressive strength is my writing coherence and syntax, and while it was not an area that I needed to put massive amounts of effort in, there was no reason as to why I could not learn a few new techniques. For example, I started using semicolons before using however as a conjunction. On the other hand, grammar and punctuation are areas that needed a little improvement. In that regard, the program Paper Rater has become my best friend. Paper Rater is a website that you can plug…

If the first sentence were taken alone, I would not expect what is to follow. However, the first three sentence correlate with each other. I think taking all three should be taken in together. The third sentence, in particular, is the actual topic sentence. The interesting thing about the first two sentences is that they unite Chief Joseph and General Howard, as they both feel the same thing. This is an interesting choice, as it is each other (I assume) that they have fought. Grammatically, it…

Fault of an Image: Agency and Inevitability in “The Second Coming” The anxieties regarding global chaos and the possibility of individual culpability that inundated popular thought in the aftermath of World War I informs William Butler Yeats’s poem, “The Second Coming.” At its core, the poem is an exploration of the equivocal boundaries between individual agency—and further, responsibility—and the inevitability of world events determined by an act of divine providence. Rather than embracing…

Going in to GSW 1100, I was unsure of my writing ability. My high school did not focus on writing as much as they did other aspects of English. After my first essay was returned, I had a better idea as to what my strengths and weaknesses were at the college level. I found myself exceling in some aspects of writing, but found myself struggling in others. As Dr. Burroughs would say, “No one is a perfect writer, there is always room for improvement.” I’ve encountered numerous obstacles during this…

Communication The Key to Happiness in the Parent Child Relationship What is the most important quality necessary for a strong parent-child relationship? Eye contact with a parent is a unique connection with no verbal response, yet it still projects guidance (4). In the short story “Write Me Sometime” the father feels a sense of connection with his daughter when she writes him letters, and when he takes her out for lunch. Feeling the sense of support by sending a letter to a parent, knowing…

Education in America today is taking a dramatic turn in technological reform. New equipment has been introduced into vast majority of elementary classrooms such as iPads, televisions, computers, phones, etc. with new technology entering education, screen time has negatively affect children education. In addition, technology has taken a negative turn, limiting the ability to learn and shorten children social skills. Screen time has a powerful effect on children compared with five years ago. In…

A Soldiers Sacrifice in “They” and “Disabled” In Siegfried Sassoon’s “They” and Wilfred Owens “Disabled”, both poems describe the physical and emotional trauma that soldiers experienced in the trenches and on the battlefield. Those left on the home front did not understand the circumstances that the soldiers were under and were shocked when their boys came home suffering from “shell shock” and PTSD. “Social reactions to shell shock victims varied from sympathy or anger at the war to confusion…

The Analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” In this analysis, there will be several aspects discussed. There are characterizations, feminism, plot, cultural analysis, and tone. First, the explanation will be about the characterizations. The mother can be categorized as dominant because she controls everything in the story. First thing to be analyzed is the style of the story itself. The mother takes almost 100% part of the story by telling her daughter so many things. She doesn’t even give the…

My 10th grade U.S. History class at Center Point High School was presented with the objective of producing a digital family history project. The digital device could be anyone they choose. Any point-of-view was acceptable, as long as it was relevant to their activity. The rationale of this assessment was to allow my students to explore their family history and develop and expand their use of technology. The project was based on their family history. The viewpoints that they opted to relate…

One of my first memories is of my grandmother telling my sister and me about a short poem her teach forced the class to memorize and recite. “A wise old owl sat in an oak, the more he saw, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard, the wise old owl, was a wise old bird”. My parents raised my sister and me with the similar teaching that children are meant to be seen and not heard, following the logic that children’s opinions and thoughts are inferior to those of adults and,…